Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

EEG Technologist - Neuro Diagnostics, Nights

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics  •  Lebanon, NH (Onsite)  •  4 months ago
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Job Description

The EEG Technologist performs standard and specialized Electroencephalograph recordings, long-term video monitoring, and is trained to perform evoked potential testing in the EEG Laboratory and all inpatient care areas of the medical center.

This is a full-time, 36-hour-per-week night shift position working Monday through Wednesday from 7:00 pm - 7:30 am. The night shift receives a 20% shift differential.

Responsibilities

  • Secures appropriate patient information, explains test procedures to patients and families while providing patient support and comfort. Performs routine EEGs. Attaches electrodes in standard 10-20 and 10-10 positions. Continually evaluates the quality and accuracy of recordings and documents activities.
  • Follows calibration procedures for all recordings.
  • Performs quality routine EEGs using proper lead placement for the best possible test outcome.
  • Recognizes, monitors, and/or eliminates electrode artifacts.
  • Enhances EEG abnormalities by implementing alternative nonstandard montages and machine settings.
  • Performs routine activation procedures such as hyperventilation and photic stimulation.
  • Recognizes normal patterns, normal variants, and abnormal patterns.
  • Has knowledge of how various medical and pharmacological conditions affect the EEG.
  • Understands clinical correlation of abnormal EEG patterns and how they pertain to various disease states. Communicates questions or questionable findings appropriately to the appropriate clinical staff.
  • Performs specialized EEG procedures once trained, adapting procedures to particular clinical circumstances.
  • Performs long-term inpatient video monitoring.
  • Trains to perform visual, brainstem, and somatosensory evoked potentials.
  • Observes sanitation protocols and techniques pertaining to the cleaning of electrodes, work areas, and equipment. Properly cleans and adjusts EEG instrumentation.
  • Inspects and ensures proper maintenance of EEG and computer-averaging machinery.
  • Performs off-hour call as assigned.
  • Assists with any resident or fellow training appropriate for an EEG tech.
  • Attends EEG review sessions and in-service training as required.
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned.

    • Qualifications

    • Enrollment in or completion of an Associate’s Degree program OR completion of a CoA-NDT-accredited certification program required
    • College-level courses in anatomy and physiology, basic electronics, and medical terminology preferred.
    • Knowledge of video EEG monitoring is desirable.
    • Maturity and ability to establish good rapport with patients, public, and staff.
    • Capacity to deal with severely ill patients.
    • Attend specific courses and seminars on electroneurodiagnostic testing, with special emphasis on EEG for continued education.
    • Take and pass the ABRET (American Board of Registration of Electroencephalography & Evoked Potential Technologists) EEG certification exam once eligible.

    Required Licensure/Certifications

    • BLS Certification
    • End of year one in role, the EEG Technologist is to have an outlined plan for taking the ABRET EEG certification Exam.
    • Currently Registered with the New Hampshire Board of Registration for Medical Technicians
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

    About Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

    How can the lifestyle in New Hampshire and Vermont compliment your career? You can have amazing 4-season living with a career at one of the top health systems in the country. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth-Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. We are close to the urban centers of Boston, New York and Montreal, but also offer proximity to the seacoast and multiple top-tier ski mountains within a short driving distance. Throughout New Hampshire, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make our area the ideal place to work and play.

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

    Industry
    Healthcare & Social Services
    Company Size
    5,001-10,000 employees
    Headquarters
    Lebanon, New Hampshire
    Year Founded
    Unknown
    Website
    dartmouth-hitchcock.org
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